Starting a family in our first home

Category: Toddlerhood

When I’m doing photos or blogging now, I’m often wearing Sam in the wrap, because he is now taking after his older brother and not sleeping unless he’s being held. Here’s a photo I took while working on the computer with him: The weekend after Sam’s vomiting started and I got mastitis, A.’s brother and… Continue reading Family Update, Sam at 2 Months Old

Yikes, there’s been a lot going on since my last post! You know how I was amazed by how easy it was to be home with just the baby? Well, I spoke too soon. Things got hard! And then they got easier again, but still hard. I’m not going to be able to tell the… Continue reading Family Update, Sam at 1 Month Old

Ari turned 3 a week and a half after Sam was born. He’d been saying he wanted to invite all his friends from school to a birthday party, but I couldn’t handle hosting a big party at that time! Fortunately, when the time came he didn’t seem to mind. Shortly before the big day, he… Continue reading Ari, 3 Years Old!

My parents were here at the beginning of the week to help with my first days home with both kids with A. back at work. It was great having them keeping Ari occupied and holding Sam when I needed my hands free. They got up with Ari in the morning so that A. and I… Continue reading Sam, Week 3

Well, it’s been another week and I’m still pregnant! I get regular contractions around 11pm to midnight every night, but they always go away and I fall asleep. When I went to the doctor on Tuesday, she said I’m dilated to 3cm (I was disappointed there hasn’t been more progress) and that I should do… Continue reading End of May 2016 and Still Pregnant

This post is a little early because I want to finally write about my second (and most likely last) pregnancy before it’s over! I guess it’s gone by fast… I’ve mostly been focused on taking care of Ari but in the past few months, with my belly getting in the way more often, I’ve been… Continue reading May 2016 and Pregnancy Update